The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-19

WHAT Is A SUNSTROKE 2
DISCUSSION OF THE QUESTION
BY A MEMPHIS PHYSICIAN.
The Signal Officer States That the
Cool Wave will Reach Memphis
Tomorrow.

AN APPEAL man, thinking that dur
ing these hot days, when people are
dropping down oil over the country
from sunstroke and prostration from
the intense heat, some information on
the subjec Of those troubles Won d be
OF interest to the public, called yes.
terday upon prominent Memphis
physician 10 get few facts about the
matter.
"What Is sunsfroke?' was the
first question put to the medical gen.
tlemsn.
"Well, there are several kinds" was
the answer, "but coup de soieil or
sunstroke proper, Is the effect of ex.
posure to the direct rays OF very hot
sun, especially upon the head and
neck when tbs air is much heated and
the nervous energy OF the person at.
tackled has ben depressed by over
fatigue, illness or dissipation. The
brsin and nerve centera, esps cially
the respiratory, are overwhelmed by
the sunden elevation Of temperature
and respiration and circulation fail,
there is a congestion, the symptoms
being those oil sudden and violent To-
jury to the nerve ceDters, uuconsci ous-
ness, GOODNESS Of the skin and xtrem.
ities, death resulting from rapid fail
ure OF the respirSt n and circulate IN.
"Is the form oil sunstroke you have
mentioned generally fatal, or not?"
Recovery is fr,qIently complete,
but Ia q good many Gas 9 Il takes some
time and is In many cases imp RECT,
ending In the serious impairment OF
health or In elect. II the stroke lie
not fatal reaction may result in q VA.
rlety Of conditions indicating The in
Jury done TO the cerebro-spinsl sys.
tenn"
whist other forms does sunstroke
come in2"
swell, there Is another form In
which the stroke comes frequently at
night or In the shade, as in the day or
In the sunshine, among persons ex.
baus,ed by fatigue or from otne.
causes Of depression, or when the ut
mosphere 10 impure from overcrowd.
Ing or want Of cubic soace, a. In
LARGE cities such az New York,
Chicago and Other places. Ia
this form there IL an intense state OF
fever the result. OF the Il fllence OF heat
on the nerve centers from which res
piration and circulation fail, the .fscs
head and neck b come congested 10
lividity, the carotid aud other arteries
swelling MP TO q large siz,, the pulsa.
tons shaking the patients
franc terribly, while the TEN.
petsturs OF the body rises to lOSo
to 1854 r, or higher. By the
use OF = very powerful agent lately
brought into use In cases Of this kind
called srtifebrine, however the high.
Get temperature In thes' cases, anu In
the reaction from the first OF the real
ccup de soleil, which l have men.
toned is reduced almost instantly. /
once reduced by that means the I IN.
perature Of pstien, suffering from q
sunstroke from ll00 10 normal In
about an hour and half It's
effect is almost 90 quick as morphine.
Anti.pyIne was formerly uted, but 10
rapidly giving way 10 the otner. The
chiei dan ger In attending cases OF sun.
stroke IL tue allowing the temp nature
10 become too Low or TO, hipb. In both
cases II being f.ia'. But the new r, m.
edy 4. ysry ff.ctiye"
aThs humidity OF the atmosphsre-
what part does that p az 10 incr adnq
or diminishipg the numn,r of caaos ~
"w,ll, some authorities have n that
the humidity a the aimosph.r. iend,
10 increase the number a suns,,oke..
but / am Of A different opinion Ia
London. where the M ,i,t conditi m Of
the stn osohere IA almoet ,royerbiaI.
cases Of su % roke are rarely known
ard In large G ties Won vii find ybere
The direct rays of the sun name ?. Ia
tbs air without epcouptrribg much
moisture and are radiatsd and =, a eied
by the 10, stonss and walls a mild.
lnps, the greatest number Of cs,e nre-
vail. Tue tmotpbers of N.sYHk
and Chicago, Though those cities are
near large b die, of water. A. p.ue.
tratsd much easier by the sun's r.ys
and the = Acc ion ON stones and
walls thfr,f re greater. making then
more liabl. 10 sasstroLa than a o ace
ike Mrmphis, which IL not drnsely
populated and has an exceedingly
humid a'mo,phsre.
"Wcll, there is Ma hyille on the
Cumberland river, aud yet Il has had
seyeral casaa. How do Won account
for thar"
swell, tha, may be, but you see
Nashville Ii Ia q limsstoi country